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In The News: Last Friday President Bush signed a continuing resolution that covered one week of government funding. That action allowed congress time to lump a plethora of undone spending bills into one big bill, an omnibus spending bill. $516 billion dollars and a Rethuglican add on of 40 billion more to pay for JUST the Iraq war. A rundown on what's IN that omnibus... before we get hit by the federal budget 'bus' and the potential for a bloody filibuster. Elsewhere, Turkey has invaded Kurdish... Topics: Travus T. Hipp, Cabale News Service, KPIG, Politics, News, Alternative News, U.S. Foreign Policy,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: Great steps forward in military technology: The latest and greatest IED-resistant transportation for US Troops ( With a price tag ranging from $300000 to $1 million each ) isn't. More. 2400 Marines sent to Afghanistan begin their offensive. These troopers have already done two tours in Iraq. Details. Talk about mean: The outgoing Italian government orders the publication (on the internet) of the ENTIRE tax rolls of Italy. More. Deborah Palfrey, the DC Madam, convicted by the feds,... Topics: Travus T. Hipp, Cabale News Service, KPIG, Politics, News, Alternative News, U.S. Foreign Policy,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: Secretary of Defense Gates announces a delay in U.S. missile basing in Eastern Europe to protect them from the Iranians until there's a threat from Iran... 2015?. The EU says that they aren't interested in US missiles anyway. Tragedy to Digits: In the Mass Media's 'Mixmaster', The Southern California forest fires have displaced a similar portion of the U.S. population to the displacements of the Civil War. However, the scenario is... Sleep at the stadium, eat at a local McD's...... Topics: Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary, Cabale News Service, Travus T. Hipp, KPIG, News,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: Tonight is the last scheduled debate between Barack Obama & Hillary Clinton in Cleveland Ohio. It's only available on MSNBC so no one except news junkies will see them totally avoid any issues that truly matter. The bipartisan Governors Conference met with president Bush and told him the administration's economic stimulus package won't work and further, they told him what MIGHT... details. The war goes on... 3972 dead American soldiers . The Turks are in the sixth day of their... Topics: Travus T. Hipp, Cabale News Service, KPIG, Politics, News, Alternative News, U.S. Foreign Policy,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: The siege of the Palestinian refugee city outside of Tripoli Lebanon flares up again. Details. Pakistan is having problems. No gatherings of more than five (5) people due to demonstrations about the removal of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who ruled, among other things, that Pakistan has no right to send troops into the Autonomous Tribal Area, Waziristan... Jack Kevorkian, 'Doctor Death' is to be released from prison today. The Turkish troop buildup on the Iraqi/Kurd... ( 2 reviews ) Topics: Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary, Cabale News Service, Travus T. Hipp, KPIG, News,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: So far so good in U.S. attempts to smooth foreign relations with Turkey, but in Iraq , the touted PKK attacks on Turks are apparently attacks on Turkish bases ALREADY IN IRAQ. That isssue not withstanding, the Turkish parliament approves their military for "Hot Pursuit"... meaning Turkish troops could conceivably chase the PKK all the way back to Baghdad. Nancy Pelosi, under pressure from John Murtha and others, withdraws the congressional vote on the Armenian genocide... Topics: Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary, Cabale News Service, Travus T. Hipp, KPIG, News,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: The Surge[tm] WILL most likely succeed for another 6 months because Muqtada al Sadr decides to continue the Mahdi army's ceasefire for another six months... A savvy move on his part. Details Serb nationalists attack/burn the US embassy in Belgrade, capitol of Serbia to protest the US backing of Kosovo's independence. The US , and scarce few other countries in the region, like Turkey (see below for more Turkish trendings), are backing Kosovo's independence play. The Teamsters back... Topics: Travus T. Hipp, Cabale News Service, KPIG, Politics, News, Alternative News, U.S. Foreign Policy,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: Making Friends In Iraq: Diyala Province where we had just 'cleaned up' terrorists... alleged AQ attack kills 30. Kurdistan figures out the Pentagon is giving tactical intelligence to Turkey who then raid PKK-related villages. The Kurds are threatening to cut off the oil teat, and combined with the Nigerian MEND rebels actions of late, have caused oil prices to spike to a new record $120.00/bbl. The Iraqi government says the US is incorrect about Iran's in-country training Iraqi... Topics: Travus T. Hipp, Cabale News Service, KPIG, Politics, News, Alternative News, U.S. Foreign Policy,...

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In The News: China announces it won't sign on to the Bali Climate Conference agreement. Details. Iran wants ambassadorial talks with Iraq, and U.S. ambassador Crocker agrees in principle. At the beginning of the Korean War, J. Edgar Hoover had a plan to round up thousands of American citizens... A tiger at the San Francisco zoo jumps a containment moat and climbs a 20 foot wall. Kills one attendee and mauls 2 others before it is killed by the police. More on the Persian Gulf and the Middle East... Topics: Travus T. Hipp, Cabale News Service, KPIG, Politics, News, Alternative News, U.S. Foreign Policy,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: The UN General Assembly begins this morning with a speech by George Bush, but one of the looming issues is... Myanmar - where the police and army have been meeting about what to do with the 100,000s of protestors filling the streets of their major cities. The Iranian government has closed it's main border crossing with Kurdistan. Here's why: Iran has closed its border with Iraqi Kurdistan . This move appears to come in part in reaction to the US kidnapping of an Iranian commercial... Topics: Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary, Cabale News Service, Travus T. Hipp, KPIG, News,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: The U.N. overwhelmingly votes Libya and Vietnam to the temporary seats on the Security Council. There are STILL 60,000 Turkish troops on the Kurdistan border. The U.S. whines as the Turkish parliament gets ready to vote on cross-border incursions. Further, U.S. forces in Iraq start to develop alternate supply routes to replace Incirlik Air Base if the Turks cut off access due to a pending house vote on the early 1900s Armenian massacre. MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus... Topics: Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary, Cabale News Service, Travus T. Hipp, KPIG, News,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: The Presidents of Russia & The US are sitting down, as a sidebar to the G-8, to discuss the (re)armament of Eastern Europe's effect on our relations. Details. The Senate is STILL debating immigration reform, the elimination of guest worker programs, and other rlated issues. There may be a vote to limit the debate today. More. Pakistan - The Musharraf government cracks down... arrests 700 intellectuals, students, civil rights organizers, more... over the dismissal of a Supreme... Topics: Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary, Cabale News Service, Travus T. Hipp, KPIG, News,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: There are glowing reports from the Pentagon on how well the war is going in Iraq (because we aren't getting our soldiers killed.) Turkey attacks over the border in Iraqi Kurdish territory with U.S. military knowledge. Bombardment and helicopter gunships... No casualty count yet. Al Qaeda's al Zawahiri is calling on the people of Iraq to rise up against their government & anyone who cooperates with it... denounces Iran/Syria. The US agrees to negotiate on the terms of a climate... Topics: Travus T. Hipp, Cabale News Service, KPIG, Politics, News, Alternative News, U.S. Foreign Policy,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: "The Democrat's Democrat" Joe Lieberman is ready to bomb Iran... Delusional details follow. Parrrrrrty! Albania welcomes G.W. Bush on his Eastern European tour. Did John Rendon reuse the "Kuwaiti Liberation" flags? “Did you ever stop to wonder,” Rendon asked, “how the people of Kuwait City, after being held hostage for seven long and painful months, were able to get hand-held American, and for that matter, the flags of other coalition countries?” He... Topics: Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary, Cabale News Service, Travus T. Hipp, KPIG, News,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: A large earthquake measuring 7.9, and a small coastal tsunami hits Lima Peru, with only one road south to the tourist areas and it's shut. Casualties so far:373 dead. Iraq: The worst day for deaths & casualties in the entire war due to truck-bombings and an attack on the Yazidi religious group in Sinjar, leaving at least 300 dead in that one attack alone. The US Army suicide rate is the highest in 25 years. 25% are soldiers in Iraq, another large percentage are recent... Topics: Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary, Cabale News Service, Travus T. Hipp, KPIG, News,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: Bright Ideas In Imperialist Thought: The U.S. Marine Commandant claims that the Marines operations might work better if they take over the U.S. Afghanistan deployments and the Army moves to Iraq. One-Trick Warmongers: You've heard this before... Robert Gates and Condoleezza Rice are accusing Iran of having 'long-range nuclear ambitions'. Turkey recalls it's ambassador to the U.S. over a house resolution calling the massacre of Armenians in the early 1900s genocide. A Capitol hill... Topics: Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary, Cabale News Service, Travus T. Hipp, KPIG, News,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: Looking at genocide in the rearview mirror - A House resolution clears committee which brands the Turk massacre of Armenians in the early 1900s as genocide, and the Turkish government is VERY UNHAPPY. The U.S has airbases and intel facilities in Turkey, and 60% of Coalition military material for Iraq is staged in the country. More. A mini strike by UAW auto workers leads to changes in their retirement trust fund. More. One on One - Afghanistan's government swaps six Taliban... Topics: Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary, Cabale News Service, Travus T. Hipp, KPIG, News,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: It's ON! An insurgent 'surge' in Iraq. Three bridges blown up outside of Baghdad, forcing the US military to use vulnerable helicopter transport or move along booby-trapped roadways. Also a three-truck bombing in the north. More, Details. More 'bad news from Baghdad': The insurgents go visiting government officials at home, capturing the Deputy oil minister and others from the oil ministry. In order to find them, we'll...well... see the blurb above about being set up for an ambush... Topics: Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary, Cabale News Service, Travus T. Hipp, KPIG, News,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: President Putin of Russia visits Tehran, and after meeting with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad comes out STRONGLY in support of the Iranian government... says Russia WILL NOT tolerate any incursions on Iran's sovereignty Kurdistan - There are 60,000 Turkish troops on the border waiting to go after the PKK, and what WILL the US do if Turkish armor crashes the border? Probably nothing except whine. And just in case you thought the Democratic Party might be interested in... Topics: Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary, Cabale News Service, Travus T. Hipp, KPIG, News,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California

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In The News: Right Wing talk radio and some of the New York Jewish community have their panties in a knot about Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's seminar at Columbia University. Details. S-CHIP: Health care for low income children goes to a bipartisan vote in the senate and house is expected to pass. This bill expanding the program to encompass slightly higher income brackets, more children. There ARE caveats to this demoncrat/rethuglican love affair. 100,000 monks and students show up on... Topics: Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary, Cabale News Service, Travus T. Hipp, KPIG, News,... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California